Balman v. United States

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was convicted under the provisions of section 409, 18 U.S.C.A., for having in his possession certain furs which had been stolen while a part of an interstate shipment of freight, in transit and moving in interstate commerce, with knowledge that the same had been stolen.

For reasons hereinafter stated we find it unnecessary to enter upon a detailed recital of the evidence. The furs were stolen November 15, 1935. Defendant’s testimony is that he came into possession of them the last of May, or first of June, 1936. The indictment charges the possession…